Bill Cummings
Profile Summary
Bill Cummings is a Massachusetts-based real-estate figure born in 1937. He has an estimated net worth of ~$1.0 billion RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
The available data identifies Cummings's industry as real estate. No additional business holdings or company information is provided.
Philanthropy
The Cummings Foundation Inc. in Woburn, Massachusetts, reported $2.08 billion in assets and $132.66 million in grants paid for 2023 in nonprofit tax filings, commonly called Form 990s ProPublica 990. A separate Cummings Family Foundation record reported $4,497 in assets and $200 in grants paid, while another Houston-based Cummings Foundation record reported zero assets and zero grants; the records do not establish whether these entities are related. Cummings is also listed as a signatory to The Giving Pledge The Giving Pledge.
Political Activity
The available FEC data is a truncated sample covering at least 100 federal contributions; the figures represent only the most recent 100 contributions on file, not his full history FEC. In that sample, contributions totaled $2,043.80, including $157.50 identified as Democratic and $1,886.30 with no identified party; the largest listed recipients were ActBlue ($1,757.25) and WinRed ($129.05) FEC.
In the News
Local news reports said Boston Building Resources received a $75,000 Cummings Foundation grant and Everett Community Growers received a $50,000 grant in 2026 NewsAPI. The reports described these awards as part of the foundation's competitive grant program for local nonprofits NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
Score Breakdown
The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 8/31/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.